Tyre specialist Goodyear has issued advice for fleet operators around tyre and wheel maintenance during the winter months. “There’s plenty that can be done to make sure a truck is [...]
Tesco pilots WheelRight tyre safety check technology
Published On: Monday 11 January 2021
Supermarket giant Tesco has recently collaborated with Highways England to pilot WheelRight’s Tyre Safety Check System. The automated drive-through station checks tyre safety diagnostics: pressure, tread depth, sidewall damage and [...]
Norbar Torque Tools has launched a new version of its TruCheck torque wrench checker, which it says aims to cut the cost of purchasing a torque wrench checking system and [...]
Wheel and tyre safety technology provider Wheely-Safe has been collaborating with industry charity Brake, having pledged to make a cash donation for every van, bus, coach or truck which displays [...]
Technology provider Jost has released a new plug and play tyre inflation system, which it says is easy to assemble and can reduce costs for truck operators, as well as [...]
DVSA boss takes parting shot at traffic commissioners
Published On: Monday 11 January 2021
Long-standing tensions between Great Britain’s traffic commissioners (TCs) and the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) came to a head late last year, when outgoing DVSA chief executive Gareth Llewellyn [...]
Cullimore: keeping the wheels turning during Covid-19
Published On: Thursday 7 January 2021
Moreton F Cullimore, managing director of Gloucestershire haulier The Cullimore Group, offers an insight into how the firm has kept its fleet operating through uncertain times The Cullimore Group history [...]
Reach Commercial Finance has used one of the government-backed coronavirus lending schemes to help fund a key move into a new home for Corby, Northamptonshire-based Route Logistics, completing the job [...]
Drivers’ hours rules relaxed for essential deliveries
Published On: Friday 11 December 2020
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced temporary, limited relaxations of EU drivers’ hours rules across Great Britain for the delivery of essential items from ports and to retailers. The [...]